An 18-year veteran on W&M’s staff, Trevor Andrews enters his fifth season as the Tribe’s defensive coordinator/linebackers coach and his sixth year as associate head coach.
Andrews earned the promotions after establishing himself as one of the most accomplished defensive line coaches in the FCS ranks. During his decade-long stint leading the defensive line, he also served as the program’s recruiting coordinator.
Since assuming the role of defensive coordinator, Andrews has continued to develop outstanding student-athletes and produced the Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year during two of the last four seasons (defensive end Mike Reilly – 2014; free safety DeAndre Houston-Carson – 2015). Both standouts garnered All-America status, while Houston-Carson is one of just three players in the program’s 124-year history to earn consensus first-team All-America honors.
All-conference accolades have quickly accumulated during Andrews’ stint as coordinator as well. Highlighting W&M’s 15 all-conference defensive selections, five members of his linebacking corps have earned all-league distinction.
In addition to the postseason recognition, four of his former players have gone on to sign NFL contracts during the past four seasons. Houston-Carson highlights the impressive group, as he was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Bears in 2016, while linebacker Luke Rhodes (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2016), Reilly (Cleveland Browns, 2015) and defensive tackle Jasper Coleman (Houston Texans, 2015) all signed as free agents.
During his tenure as the Tribe’s defensive line coach, Andrews mentored a pair of 2010 NFL Draft picks - defensive end Adrian Tracy (New York Giants, sixth round) and tackle Sean Lissemore (Dallas Cowboys, seventh round). Both players garnered multiple All-America honors during their careers and joined former Tribe standout Adam O’Connor as defensive linemen who have earned national distinction under Andrews’ tutelage. Like Tracy and Lissemore, O’Connor signed an NFL contract when he inked a free agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings in the summer of 2007.
Some of the Tribe’s most dominant defensive units have come during Andrew’s tenure as an assistant, as W&M ranked second nationally in scoring defense in 2009 and 2013 and sixth in 2010. Additionally, the 2016 squad led the nation in passing yards allowed per game (154.2).
Prior to assuming his responsibilities as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator, Andrews worked as a defensive assistant for three seasons. Andrews assisted with the Tribe cornerbacks in 2003 and helped groom first-team all-league selection Billy Parker, who signed as a free agent with the Carolina Panthers upon graduation and is currently a standout in the CFL.
Andrews came to W&M after spending the 2000 season as an assistant at Randolph-Macon College, where he worked as the secondary coach and special teams coordinator.
As a three-year letterwinner at defensive back for the University of Dayton, Andrews was a member of three conference championship teams with the Flyers and played on Dayton’s undefeated 1996 squad (11-0).
After earning his B.S. in physical education from Dayton in 1998, Andrews accepted a graduate position at Illinois Wesleyan University and coached the secondary while working toward his graduate degree in athletic administration.
Andrews and his wife, Danielle, reside in Williamsburg with their three children: James (6), Sophia (4), Aiden (2) and Annabelle, who was born in February.
Andrews recruits the Virginia Peninsula, Washington, D.C., Maryland (Frederick, Carroll, Montgomery, Howard), Northeast New Jersey (and Monmouth & Ocean County), Indiana, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
